President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at the combat position of the Ukrainian military in Donbass. File photoMOSCOW, February 21President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky advocates the recognition of the DPR and LPR by Russia, because, in his opinion, this will allow him to refuse to implement the Minsk agreements, Strana.ua writes, citing sources close to the office of the Ukrainian leader. The publication’s interlocutors claim that the authorities in Kiev, they are not going to conduct direct negotiations with the self-proclaimed republics, and also do not want to amend the constitution on their special status. «The recognition of the republics by Russia on Bankovaya is considered a very good option, since this will bury the Minsk agreements so unloved by the Ukrainian authorities. Including therefore, Zelensky has no desire to somehow move forward on Minsk 2. On the contrary, there is a desire to drag out the process until Russia recognizes the DPR and LPR and the problem will thus be solved by itself,» the sources said. According to them, Zelensky plans to take advantage of the aggravation of the situation in the south-east of the country in order not to fulfill promises to provide a package of bills on Donbass, to which he gave to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.The Kremlin agrees that the recognition of the LPR and the DPR does not correlate with Minsk-2 «The aggravation in the Donbass can be used as an excuse to delay the fulfillment of the obligations that Zelensky gave to Scholz and say that nothing will happen until the situation normalizes,» one of the interlocutors. The publication also says that Zelensky and his entourage do not believe in the possibility of a Russian «invasion».Ridiculous genocide. What amused the German Chancellor Last Tuesday, the State Duma voted for an appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the need to recognize the DPR and LPR. The heads of the self-proclaimed republics Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik said they welcomed the decision of the parliamentarians. Russian leader Vladimir Putin, during a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow, commented on the appeal of the lower house of parliament, noting that he would proceed from doing everything to solve the problems of Donbass, but the potential of the Minsk agreements had not yet been exhausted. In recent months, Western States are expressing concern over Russia's alleged «dangerous activities» near Ukraine's borders. Moscow has repeatedly denied these accusations, saying that it does not threaten anyone and does not intend to attack anyone. The country's authorities are confident that allegations of «aggression» are being used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment and forces near Russian borders. create a nuclear bombPosted by: Nikita Brykin
